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Garten was to The Green Ember what Gollum was to The Lord of the Rings
In their beginnings, Garten and Sméagol-later Gollum-were known for their intelligence. But both seem to have eventually deviated from the course of what was right. Garten, according to his brother Wilfred, became more concerned with his own accomplishments than with the Cause those successes were meant to serve. Sméagol, meanwhile, became so absorbed in his search for roots and beginnings that “his head and eyes were downward.”
Both of these characters then came to a point of crisis. Garten found himself rejected by the doe he was supposedly in love with. What’s more, she turned him down in favor of his own brother. Sméagol, in his turn, witnessed his friend discovering the One Ring. And when Sméagol asked to be given it, his friend refused.
Sadly, both characters let their respective disappointments lead them to dark deeds. Garten was so hurt by Sween’s choosing Whittle that he sought out the…









Another interesting coincidence is that both died by falling into an abyss. Gollum by falling into the lava of Mount Doom and Garten by falling into the whirlpool in the battle.